NYPD officers retrained on street stops policy

Police have retooled training in response to growing public criticism

NEW YORK — A retooled training program aims to teach New York Police Department officers the right way to stop someone on the street.

A demonstration of the training on Wednesday came amid growing public criticism of the NYPD's tactic of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people.

Each year hundreds of thousands of people are stopped. A judge allowing a federal class action lawsuit against the nation's largest police department said earlier this year there was evidence of thousands of illegal stops.

Det. Anthony Mannuzza and Police Officer Robert Martin simulate a street stop during a training session on Wednesday in New York. The NYPD is re-training thousands of officers on how to do street stops amid a wave of criticism about the department’s controversial stop, question and frisk policy. (AP Photo/Colleen Long)